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I searched and searched but i need help.
i am trying to make a new era for my map, as a new clone wars era but ive got probs, i also have added mavs dt2 to the map so i tried this but it comes up as "wacky, but ifr i delete the section about rename 1 to dark times, the name is rigtht, but no icon,.oh im also only trying out different icons, im not going to use bfx's icon, k,.
what am i doing wrong?
thanks in advance

Look in the stock v1.3 documentation howtos to learn how to name a custom era and give it its own icon.

Fiodis wrote:Look in the stock v1.3 documentation howtos to learn how to name a custom era and give it its own icon.

I read it all, it doesnt tell me how to rename the era and give it a new icon in the select screen

You can't have read it all, then.

v1.3 documentation wrote:

Hidden/Spoiler:

This tutorial will take you through the process changing the displayed label, icon, and description of a Conquest, G era map.

Backgound:
* The v1.3 patch supports over 38 game modes and 27 eras. If you want to add a new game mode or era, look at these predefined ones first. Checkout the change log for shell.lvl and common.lvl to see exactly what was added and is directly supported.
* This tutorial will assume you have created a basic LVLg_con map.

Basic Era Support
1) In addme/addme.lua, expand your sp_missionselect_listbox_contents table. Meaning, put each element on a line by itself so the table is easier to read, like this:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
}

2) Edit the table to add the 'change' table:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {

},
}

3) We want to change the Conquest game mode, so add another table inside the new 'change' table. The name/index of the new table has to match the game mode key. For Conquest, the key is 'mode_con'. So:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
mode_con = { },
},
}

4) Add indexes for Conquest's new name ('name'), new icon ('icon'), and new description ('about'). You only need to add the indexes you want to change, but this tutorial changes all of them so:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
mode_con = { name="Candy Conquest", icon="mode_icon_holo", about="Drop off ten cubes of sugar at your ant hill (CP) to win. Watch out for human overlords, kids with magnifying glasses, other ant colonies, and sticky traps..." },
},
}

5) Munge your map. Since we only changed addme.lua, you don't need to check or select anything in VisualMunge. This will greatly decrease its munge time.
6) Start the game. In the map selection screens, your map's Conquest game mode checkbox will now be labeled 'Candy Conquest' and its icon and description will have changed too.
7) In addition to Conquest, we also wanted to chagne the era's name and icon (eras display no descriptions). The procedure is the same except we use the era's key instead of the game mode's key and an index of 'icon2' instead of 'icon'. Here is the completed example table:

sp_missionselect_listbox_contents[sp_n+1] = {
isModLevel = 1,
mapluafile = "LVL%s_%s",
era_g = 1,
mode_con_g = 1,
change = {
era_g = { name="Ant Wars", icon2="rvb_icon" },
mode_con = { name="Candy Conquest", icon="mode_icon_holo", about="Drop off ten cubes of sugar at your ant hill (CP) to win. Watch out for humans overlords, kids with magnifying glasses, other ant colonies, and sticky traps..." },
},
}

In your map's readme, make sure to list that the 'v1.3 patch r112+' is required to correctly view the game mode/era. If the player doesn't have the v1.3 patch, then the map's mission will still be displayed, but it will show the original values (i.e. 'Conquest' instead of 'Candy Conquest').
9) Thats it!

i read it all, this wasnt there , thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you, i typed those out!, anyway i will try this out today, this for some reson isnt listed in the docs i have, thank you thank you thank you
i just hope it works!

Take a look in GameData\v1.3patch\docs\howtos. The following files ought to be there:

• Add A Preivew Video.txt
• Add an Era.txt
• Add Custom Map Colors.txt
• Adding A Custom Galactic Conquest.txt
• Change an Era's and Game Mode's Name or Icon or Description.txt
• Make Custom User Scripts.txt
• Munge A Custom LVL File.txt
• Using Ingame Player Data.txt

If any of those are missing, send me a PM and I'll reply with the missing files.

• Adding A Custom Galactic Conquest.txt
• Change an Era's and Game Mode's Name or Icon or Description.txt
• Make Custom User Scripts.txt
• Munge A Custom LVL File.txt
• Using Ingame Player Data.txt

these are missing, thank you for your help, i got it working but im still mising alot of the docs aparently

Adding a Custom Galactic Conquest.txt Change an Era's and Game Mode's Name or Icon or Description.txt Make Custom User Scripts.txt Munge A Custom LVL File.txt Using Ingame Player Data.txt

THANK YOU, one last question, i have a new era icon made, but i dont know how to put it in game, is this covered here?

Do you know how to set up a custom loadscreen .lvl file? Well the same concept applies to getting a custom era icon to work, except you use a custom shell.lvl, which is covered in the Munge A Custom LVL File.txt tutorial. Afterng munging with the Shell option checked, the custom shell.lvl will end up in the data_***\_LVL_PC folder. You'll then need to move the file to the _LVL_PC in your map's addon directory. All that is left to do is to load your custom shell.lvl in your addme.lua. And of course change the icon2 name to the name of the TGA of your custom icon.

I thought i would work lie that, thanks for clarfieing, ive already done and it works! thanks guys!